SSI undertook design, specifications, contract administration, site monitoring and complete project management of the construction of a fire protection system installation. An extra high hazard sprinkler system was commissioned in the facility's warehouse. The installation included storage water tanks and pumps. Hydrants, hose reels and extinguishers complied with SABS0400. The system was designed so that the main ring system throughout the market could be boosted in the event of a fire.
Hyundai motor vehicle assembly plant, Botswana, for the Motor Company of Botswana This project was unique in that it featured a super-fast track and involved highly complex technology. It was a major architectural challenge to accommodate such a technically complex facility.
New headquarters for the South African Department of Trade & Industry In the early phases of the Public Private Partnership, SSI was a member of the original transaction advisory team and was given responsibility for project managing the team until a preferred bidder was selected.
Contact:
SF van der Linde
Tel : (012) 367 5811
Email: sfvdl@ssi.co.za
Power Distribution The Power Distribution unit specialises in network planning and project identification, power network investment and maintenance studies, route planning, economic analysis, feasibility studies, facility rehabilitation surveys and investigations, management of power supply network maintenance, power system design, programme upgrades, load flow studies and analysis, telemetry and SCADA system design, transmission mast design and load analysis and instrumentation and process control design.
Power Distribution has undertaken a spectrum of projects and provides specialist services which include:
• Power system studies
• Substations and transmission lines
• Urban and rural electrification
• Electricity tariff studies
• Rail supply systems
• Protection metering and control
• Power quality (PQ) services
• Institutional and regulatory advisory services
Projects
Lesotho Highlands Water for Lesotho Highlands Development Agency
SSI was called upon to undertake design, specifications, contract administration, site monitoring and complete project management of the construction of:
A 65km 132 kV steel tower transmission line
A 35 km 66 kV steel tower transmission line
A 30 km 66 kV wooden pole transmission line
A 34 km 33 kV wood pole transmission line
Two 132/66/11 kV outdoor substations
Three 66/11 kV outdoor substations
An 88/33 kV outdoor substation
Four 33/11 kV indoor substations
Overhead reticulation for Eskom, Pretoria , Pietersburg and Nelspruit
SSI provided 22 kV/11 kV and low voltage reticulation with service connections for Monnakato (620 stands), Savakile (600 stands), Mila Segola (500 stands), Olympus (500 stands), Moletlane (4 200 stands), Tsamahansi & Ga-Magongo (3 000 stands) and Maviljan (2 700 stands)
Masterplan for Eskom Bloemfontein
Compilation of masterplan for network development in the Mier area of the Kahalahari.
Contact:
Jan van Buren Schele
Tel: (012) 367 5800
Email: janvbs@ssi.co.za
Power Electronics, Rail & Electronic Drives
The drives and control business unit includes several prestigious projects in its track record. Our core competencies, listed below, include investigations, reporting, feasibility, analysis, design and contract administration.
Motor drives
Measurement and control systems
Rail supply systems
Communication systems
Security systems
Projects Injaka water treatment plant for the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
SSI was awarded the design and construction supervision of a 100 megalitre per day water treatment works, featuring a 22 kV intake substation, 22 kV underground reticulation, Motor Control Centres, instrumentation (level, flow, pressure, power), telemetry, PLC and SCADA.
Assmang's Nchwaning Mine for consultants, RSV
SSI undertook design of a bulk incomer and HV and LV reticulation, design of Motor Control Centres for conveyors and ventilation and industrial lighting on surface and underground. The design of the control system included SCADA and PLC and the the provision of an overall control strategy/philosophy. SSI also conducted the HAZOP study for the overall control philosophy.
Refurbishment of Umlazi traction substation for the South African Rail Commuter Corporation Ltd
SSI's services included a survey to determine the condition of the original substation equipment, preliminary and detailed design, tender and contract documentation, tender and construction drawings, contract administration, construction monitoring and project management.
Contact:
Eric Tshwele
Tel: (012) 367 5800
Email: erict@ssi.co.za
Facilities Management
Today's demanding economic and commercial climate has created a scenario in which business premises are often in use 24 hours a day. This demand places maximum demands on IT and communication resources in terms of energy supply, security, climate control and includes building maintenance and cleaning facilities. Facilities management optimises these support processes, harnessing state-of-the-art management methods.
SSI has been part of the facilities management revolution since 1993, when we were contracted to provide maintenance management for two South African Defence Force installations and two computer rooms linked to remote terminal sites elsewhere in South Africa .
Today SSI provides a comprehensive range of facility management services, from strategic level through tactical, to operational level. Our methodology ensures a well-defined (and described) process/control philosophy and generates contract documents for buying products and services. Included in this methodology are well-defined service level agreements and measurement criteria .
Other advisory services include:
• Compiling asset registers
• Drawing and documentation control
• Facility audits
• Reporting
• Benchmarking
• Short, medium and long term maintenance budgets
• Facility management at a strategic level on behalf of the parent company
SSI also assists with implementing computer-aided facilities management based on specially designed programming solutions including a survey of the information streams and mapping the client's information needs.
SSI also has the experience of DHV, their Dutch shareholder, on tap on a multitude of projects: Universities, Technikons, Government Housing Estates, Industrial Facilities (Philips), Roads and Bridges, etc
Our facilities management projects include:
Operational facilities manager on various buildings of Old Mutual Properties
Lender's advisor for the Kutamo-Sinthumule Prison (Louis Trichardt), a Public Private Partnership
Lender's advisor for Department of Education's new head office, a Public Private Partnership
Facilities management advisor to the Gauteng Provincial Department for new precinct development of 150 000 m² in the Johannesburg CBD
Adviser to Gauteng Provincial Department (Health) on the facility management structure for the new Academic Hospital in Pretoria
Contact:
SF van der Linde
Tel : (012) 367 5811
Email: sfvdl@ssi.co.za
Cleanroom Technology
Very few South African companies can boast engineers with the qualifications and expertise to design clean room installations. SSI specialises in the design of air conditioning installations and mechanical services for manufacturing facilities that require special environments, such as the food and beverage industry, pharmaceutical facilities, the micro-electronics industry and medical installations.
We are able to ensure that a design complies with world class HACCP ( Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards through our comprehensive knowledge of local and international regulations and requirements.
Our cleanroom services include:
General clean rooms/airlocks/airshowers
Central vacuum cleaning systems
Aseptic filling
Laminar flow protection
Dust contamination/dust extraction systems
Cross- contamination control
Liquids manufacturing
Stability rooms
Process cooling
Clean room wall paneling
Installation validation
Inspector training
Our project list in this arena includes:
Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market new high, medium and low care facility
Unifoods upgrade of margarine manufacturing plant
Mr Sauce new manufacturing facility
Valpré cleanrooms for bottling lines
Biovac new QC laboratory
Onderstepoort Bioproducts Institution - upgrade
Taahir Halaal revised factory layout and upgrade
Lancet Laboratories environmental control system
Sandoz upgrade of stability chamber
Roodeplaat Seed Technology Laboratories new laboratories with special environments
Sylvan Mushrooms upgrade and validation of laminar flow room
World Health Organisation preparation of HVAC Guide for Pharmaceutical Inspectors
Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) seek to leverage private sector capital, transfer risk and enhance service delivery. The key tests for a PPP are affordability, value for money and appropriate risk transfer to the private sector. SSI seeks to encourage partnerships of this nature as the South African government intensifies its drive for service delivery and economic growth in the country.
We are well positioned to partner and advise clients wishing to pursue PPPs, both in an advisory capacity and as a partner in project development. In this arena, SSI has a solid track record and reputation in a wide range of sectors, including transportation, water and sanitation and municipal services delivery.
SSI has also created a dedicated entity the Project Finance and Development Unit (PFDU) to co-ordinate and develop initiatives within the group, providing clients with a single point of contact.
SSI's extensive and specialised expertise provides a solid base for involvement in project finance and development, a focus strongly aligned with the strategy of our international partner, the DHV Group, one of the largest consulting engineering companies in Europe . Through this relationship with DHV, our clients enjoy access to a broad spectrum of international expertise and experience.
SSI has also established an extensive network of alliances and associations with leading organisations providing financial, legal and environmental advisory services in the PPP project environment.
Contact:
Carl Geldenhuys
Tel: (012) 367 5800
Email: carlg@ssi.co.za
